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B-195349 1 (1980-01-10)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadhwk0001 and id is 1 raw text is: \ THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL DECISION . OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON, D.C. 20.54a FILE: B-195349 DATE: January 10, 1980 MATTER OF:C lonel Arthur W. Hyland, USAF, Retired Major Harry R. Park, USAF, Retired DIGEST: 1. Under the Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP) where a member, married at the time of retirement ex in the case of a member who retired before the effective date of the SBP, was married prior to March 21, 1974,and initially elects coverage for that spouse, divorces that spouse and later remarries that former spouse, such spouse on remarriage is exempt from the 1-year waiting period before becoming an eligible beneficiary. Thus, further reduction in retired pay for such cover- age begins on the first of the month after remarriage, unless remarriage was the first of the month. See 57 Comp. Gen. 847 (1978). 2. Under the Survivor Benefit Plan, where a member not married at the time of initial election into the Plan, but who marries thereafter and elects coverage for that spouse, divorces that spouse, and later remarries that former spouse, such spouse would not qualify as an eligible spouse beneficiary until the first anniversary of the remarriage or the date such spouse becomes the parent of issue by the remarriage. Thus, further reduction in retired pay for such coverage begins on the first of the month after occurrence of the earlier of those events unless the event occurred on the first of the month. See 57 Comp. Gen. 847 (1978). This action is in response to a request for advance decision from the Air Force Account' g and Finance Center on several questions concerning thegurvivor Renefit 1 _ (SBP), 10 U.S.C. 1447-1455, involving th roper incep- tion date of spouse coverage on remarriage and thus the effective date for reduction in retired pay. Specific

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